Manchester Buddhist Centre

How we run the Buddhist Centre

The Buddhist Centre is a char­ity and we rely on the sup­port of people who use the building

For more inform­a­tion about the char­ity please see the Manchester Buddhist Centre entry on the Char­ity Com­mis­sion website

Mis­sion Statement

The advance­ment of the Buddhist reli­gion in particular:

(i) To encour­age mem­bers and oth­ers to live in accord­ance with the teach­ings of the Buddha.
(ii) To sup­port ordained mem­bers of the West­ern Buddhist Order and other duly ordained Buddhists at the dis­cre­tion of the Coun­cil of Manchester Buddhist Centre.
(iii) To main­tain close com­mu­nic­a­tion with and work under the guid­ance of The West­ern Buddhist Order and in co-operation with other groups with the same objects.
(iv) To use applic­a­tions of the Buddha’s teach­ing to pro­mote the health and well-being of all

Part of the FWBO

The FWBO stands for the Friends of the West­ern Buddhist Order, the Buddhist move­ment which the Manchester Buddhist Centre is part of. Each Buddhist Centre in the FWBO is fin­an­cially and leg­ally independent.